Books published by INTELLECT

Television drama has emerged as the dominant medium of contemporary storytelling in Italian society. Informed by the nation's historical and cultural heritage, the narratives offer insight into Italian society and competing versions of Italian identity, highlighting the wide array of television programming available outside of Britain and the US.

This volume addresses the great directors and key artistic movements of France, but also ventures beyond these films and figures by examining many neglected but intriguing French films. Essays explore stylistic elements, cultural contexts and various conceptions of cinema in France. The book also includes film reviews illustrated by screenshots.

World Film Locations: Dublin offers an engaging look at the many incarnations of the city onscreen through 50 synopses of the key scenes - either shot or set in Dublin - accompanied by a generous selection of full-colour film stills. Sophisticated yet accessible, this volume will undoubtedly take its place on the shelves of film buffs and those interested in Irish culture.

Includes articles that provide an examination of the significance of Istanbul in the critically acclaimed director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's cinema, the city's representation in films made in the West and in Turkey in different periods. This title also features articles that focus on key locations, such as the famous train station Haydarpasa and more.

Includes short synopses of 44 scenes from films that illustrate the changing ways in which the city of Madrid has appeared on screen in a variety of genres by an eclectic range of directors. This book also includes a selection of six spotlight essays that look at key directors, themes, and significant periods from Madrid's rich filmic history.

Kinesthetic empathy describes the ability to experience empathy by observing another human being's movements. Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Practices offers innovative and critical perspectives on a variety of topics, encouraging readers to sidestep the methodological and disciplinary boundaries associated with the arts and sciences.

Through a compilation of essays and profiles, Brit Wits shows how and why humour has been such a powerful catalyst and expressive force in rockers' work. Ellis trains his attention on those whose music and persona exude defiance to investigate the nature of rock humour and how these groups have used it to attack prevailing social structures.

Focusing on four contemporary visual artists whose work utilizes the conventions of museum display and collecting practices, this title examines how these artists have reconfigured dominant representations of Australian history and identity, including viewpoints often marginalized by gender and race.

An examination of forty years of films and video works by a woman focused on exploring the dynamism of movement as the voice of the human spirit.

Turns the spotlight on Australia and New Zealand. This title offers a look at the cinema produced in these two countries since the turn of the twentieth century.

This book comprises three related dramatic works, all of which use Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of carnival, a literary style designed to subvert dominant assumptions through chaos and humour. The texts blur the distinction between spectator and performer in an exploration of physical, moral and cultural upheaval in a postmodern age.

Looks at the usually invisible branch of moving image distribution. This book examines the role of distribution, especially with regard to the processes of selection and promotion, in order to explore the ways in which the distribution link plays a major role in determining the nature of our moving image culture.

Focuses on Media Philosophy, Art Theory, Image Theory and Visual Culture. This book helps to gain insights into the field of film and media studies, expounding a philosophy of technology in the arts. It provides analyses and evidences of what has been seen as the 'medial turn' in cultural studies.

By drawing together artists, curators, architects and cultural theorists, this title proposes fresh approaches to curating and ways of developing critical enquiry about this field. Focusing on pertinent issues in curating contemporary art and performance, this book examine various forms of thinking in contemporary curating.

Offers fresh interpretations of feminist film history. This book explores how the liberal experiments of Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal affected the Hollywood film industry and how the reactions of the European directors differed.

Through the analyses of select films of New Zealand, this title examines the role of the national cinema in nation-building, and explores how the signifying strategies of cinema have been harnessed to attribute meaning to this country's evolving history.

Part of the "Directory of World Cinema" series, this title includes contributions from some of the leading academics in the field. It features film recommendations from a range of genres for those interested in watching more cinema from Eastern Europe. It also features comprehensive filmography as an index.

World Film Locations: Los Angeles is an engaging and highly visual city-wide tour of both well known and slightly lesser known films shot on location in one of the birthplaces of cinema and the 'screen spectacle'. It pairs 50 synopses of carefully chosen film scenes with evocative full-colour film stills.

In this thorough and accessible text, Richard Hickman rejects the current vogue for social and cultural accounts of the nature of art-making in favour of a largely psychological approach aimed at addressing contemporary developmental issues in art education. This second edition will be an important resource for anyone interested in arts education.

Analyses how the 'traditional' radio medium is evolving in the multimedia age. This book focuses on an intercultural dialogue about the important role that technologies play in the different configurations of FM and digital sound broadcasting.

A collection of two plays.

Artist and media researcher Bill Seaman's term 'neosentience' describes a new branch of scientific inquiry related to artificial intelligence. This book focuses on the work of Seaman and theoretical physicist Otto E. Rossler in exploring the potential of an intelligent robotic entity possessed of a form of sentience that resembles that of a human.

Part of the "Directory of World Cinema" series, this book focuses on America and Hollywood cinema. It also includes a series of essays on specific directors, discussing their impact on the industry and how their work has influenced Hollywood film.

Using the rich and vital Australian Aboriginal understanding of country as a model, People and Places of Nature and Culture affirms the importance of a sustainable relationship between nature and culture. This book demonstrates the problems inherent in the notion that humans have a mastery over the Earth and projects what needs to change.

Celebrity activism is an ever-growing, internationally visible phenomenon - yet the impact on public awareness, government support and resource mobilization remains under-researched. Transnational Celebrity Activism in Global Politics brings together contributors to create a new framework for the analysis of international celebrity activism.

As leader of The Smiths and as a solo-artiste, Morrissey has consistently provoked a response from fans and critics alike in which there are no half-measures. This book examines the many complexities and contradictions that make up one of the most important, iconic and controversial figures within popular culture and alternative music.

Includes the plays: "Shadow Anthropology" (a dark comedy about the US occupation of Afghanistan), "Through the Roof" (a Faustian trip through the social history of 'natural' disaster in New Orleans), and "Celestial Flesh" (a sacrilegious romp through the 1980s sanctuary movement, sacred sex, and CIA drug running in a Los Angeles Catholic Church).

Reviews the mechanisms by which cinema and the moving image contribute to our understanding of cities, addressing two key issues: how do film-makers make use of cities and how do cities make use of cinema? This title explores the use of cinema as a tool/approach to investigate the phenomena, experience and narrative of cities.